Radical demonstrators stormed Washington Square Park in New York City on July 4, setting fire to the American flag in an orchestrated display of anti-American sentiment. Chanting “F*ck the Fourth” and “We need a new flag,” the crowd left scorched remnants of the red, white, and blue strewn across the pavement.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani identified as both “Black or African American” and “Asian” on his 2009 Columbia University application, according to leaked data from a massive Columbia admissions breach. The revelation raises fresh questions about identity politics and racial self-identification in elite college admissions.
Karina Lipsman, a Republican congressional candidate and Soviet refugee, voiced alarm over New York City’s growing support for a self-proclaimed socialist mayoral candidate, calling it “scary” but not surprising. Speaking on Breitbart News Daily, Lipsman warned that the normalization of socialist ideologies among younger voters threatens America’s foundational liberties.
A federal judge has removed New York City’s authority over Rikers Island, placing the troubled jail under the control of an outside official. The decision follows years of escalating violence, dysfunction, and the city's failure to implement mandated reforms.
Grei Mendez, former owner of Divino Niño daycare in the Bronx, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison following the fentanyl poisoning death of 22-month-old Nicholas Feliz-Dominici.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has expressed gratitude to the Trump administration for its intensified efforts against criminal illegal immigrants, attributing a significant decline in migrant arrivals to these actions.
New York City is taking legal action against the Trump administration over the revocation of $80 million in FEMA funding that was initially allocated to house migrants.
